
Listeria: hypervirulent strains with cerebral and placental tropism
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, CNRS and Paris Descartes - Sorbonne Paris Cité University recently published a large-scale study in Nature Genetics based on almost 7,000 strains of Listeria monocytogenes - the bacterium responsible for human listeriosis, a severe foodborne infection. Through the integrative analysis of epidemiological, clinical and microbiological data, the researchers ...

Translational Science Day: Save the date - Wednesday April 6, 2016
The Journée de la recherche translationnelle is a day dedicated to translational research with a session on human physiopathology, a session on human immunology and microbiology and a session on human genetics. The day will end with a talk on public engagement in 100,000 genomes projects and be followed by a round table (in French) "Comprendre le génome humain et le modifier : espoirs et implications ...

Jobs and Skills Framework - Information meeting: save the date
Reminder: An information meeting about the Institut Pasteur Jobs and Skills Framework will be held on Friday, February 19, at 3.30pm in the Duclaux lecture hall. This session - open to all staff on campus - is an opportunity to review this key element of the Institut Pasteur strategy which has been designed to strengthen career development. Christian Bréchot and Olivier Gramail will ...

News - February 5, 2016
ZOOM SUR: Attention to the importance of summiting candidacies of young scientists to the French Academy of Science in the context of the "Les grandes avancées françaises en biologie présentées par leurs auteurs". This program is remarkable, set up by Pascale Cossart, and dedicated to identify ad recognize new scientific talents. Contact: Eric Postaire (eric.postaire@académie-sciences.fr) ...